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on Mar 17, 2014 3:23:06 GMT
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Just curious, as I am setting up a spot to do so in my bathroom. Its a big world out there......  |
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on Mar 19, 2014 2:25:19 GMT
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I've been planning on doing so. Have most of the equipment now, and packs of chemicals. Just need to get a changing bag, and I'll be ready to go. Been almost thirty years since I did any.
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on Mar 19, 2014 20:10:42 GMT
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I am having a darkroom built in my basement, and have started to collect some of the necessary stuff.
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on Mar 19, 2014 22:36:50 GMT
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Now that's funny--I've also started collecting stuff and reading how-to's for developing films on my own. Unlike PF though I'm a total newbie in that field and, contrary to Greyscale, a darkroom is out of the question in my case, so I shall have to limit myself to hybrid processing, that is, tank-developing b/w films (mostly medium format) and scanning the negs is what I'm planning to do in the (hopefully) near future.
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on Mar 20, 2014 20:09:11 GMT
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Same boat here ^^^^^^ - although I've yet to actually do anything about it lol  |
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on Mar 21, 2014 1:30:12 GMT
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on Mar 21, 2014 17:37:32 GMT
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Thanks! Bookmarked that one straight away. Michael BTW--speaking of exposure times--pushing a B/W film is one of the options that intrigue me most when it comes to DIY processing. I saw some great night shots / concert photos recently that were done this way. Who says you have to go digital to do ISO 3200...?  |
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on Aug 8, 2014 20:16:09 GMT
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Almost ready to go. Bought this lot last week - just need chemicals now  |
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on Aug 8, 2014 21:30:59 GMT
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on Jun 11, 2017 8:35:37 GMT
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Hi All, I'm bumping this thread because some years passed since many of you started to develop film at home so by now for sure you have done a lot of them with different film types and developer combinations, and it would be nice to share some techniques here, in addition to all the info and recipes already available on the net, from sites like filmdev. What do you think? As an example, here the recipe I've used to do a cross-processing to develop color film using black and white chemicals: Once you have your film inside the tank, mine is an inox steel Hansa (300ml capacity, one reel): Developer: 15 minutes with Rodinal Compard R09 ONE SHOT (1:50) at 20ºC: 6ml R09 + 294ml of water, rotating the tank every 30 seconds the first and the last 5 minutes. Stopper: first, one rinse with tap water, then 5 minutes with stopper at 20ºC: I've used wine vinegar (6% acetic acid): 125ml vinegar + 175ml of water, rotating the tank every 30 seconds, and another rinse with tap water. Fixer: 5 minutes with TETENAL Superfix Plus (1:10) at 20ºC: 30ml fixer + 270ml of water, rotating the tank every 30 seconds. Rinse: 2 minutes under running tap water. Final rinse: one rinse using tap water with less than a drop of dishwashing detegent/soap (avoid foaming), to break the surface tension of the water and avoid drying spots. To keep 20ºC constant, I've filled the kitchen sink with 15 cm of water at 20ºC and I've submerged all the components there with a thermometer, keeping near a jar with hot water, to add and rise the temp if starts to drop. And that's all. |
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